Sycuan Casino Resort

Michael Hindi Catapults to the Top Leading 10 Advancing Players After Day 1A

Day 1a of the MSPT Season 16 100 GRAND STACK Series $1,110 Main Event at Sycuan Casino & Resort is officially in the books with 82 total entries tallied during the first flight.

With action needing to play down to 11% of the field, almost full 16 levels were needed to hit that mark with the hard stop being reached with 8:50 remaining at 10,000/20,000/20,000.

When chips finally went into bags, it was Michael Hindi who found himself atop the chip counts after putting a respectable 1,895,000 on his slip to end the night, leading the 10 advancing players by a wide margin.

Bagging behind Hindi was Anthony Bland, who was the only other player to clip the milly mark as he ended the night with 1,165,000.

Denver’s Kelly Mahana saw his chip stack balloon up to 970,000, catching some late-night steam to bag the same amount as 2021 Sycuan Reginal champ Armando Mesina (970,000).

Jonathan Larkin (910,000) rounded out the top five bagging just under a milly while David Leese (560,000), Brad Sailor(510,000), Jeremy Mintz (505,000), Kenny Hirose (440,000), and Evan Lindemann (2800,000) all punched their ticket into Sunday’s Day 2 as well.

Among those to try and fall on Day 1a included Robert Fortuno, Jacob Long, Adrian Lopez, Riley Dieckhoff, and Rip Fritzer, just to name a few.

Those players, as well as any newcomers, have two more starting flights to jump back into action.

Day 1b will be the first starting tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. local time, while the third and final flight, Day 1c, will take place at the same time on Saturday.

The surviving players from each flight will then return at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday to play down to a winner.

Join us tomorrow as we continue to bring you all the action and eliminations straight from the tournament floor at Sycuan Casino & Resort!

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End Day 1A Chip Counts

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Michael Hindi	1,895,000	1,450,000
Anthony Bland	1,165,000	890,000
Kelly Mahana Armando Mesina	970,000 970,000	775,000 550,000
Jonathan Larkin	905,000	910,000
David Leese	560,000	340,000
Brad Sailor	510,000	500,000
Jeremy Mintz	505,000	585,000
Kenny Hirose	440,000	1,100,000
Evan Lindemann	280,000	235,000

Raad Nasouri Loses Race on the Bubble

Raad Nasouri open-jammed his 160,000 from the hijack and action folded to David Leese who looked him up from the big blind.

Raad Nasouri:
David Leese:

Nasouri was racing for his tournament life holding suited overs but couldn’t find any help on the runout, ending his night on the bubble.

David Leese - 550,000
Raad Nasouri - 0

Tai Purpero Collects the Final Bounty

Over the past week, players have been inside Sycuan Casino & Resort duking it out for the MSPT 100 GRAND STACK Series in San Diego, CA.

In Event #5: $250 No-Limit Green Chip Bounty, 139 hunters took to the tables as bounty collectors and created a $28,000 prize pool that paid out the top 15 players.

Among those to cash but fall before the final table included Taylor Shepard (10th Place - $427 + Bounties), Peter Aran (12th Place - $427 + Bounties), Igor Iskiev (13th Place - $354 + Bounties), and Jake Long (15th Place - $354 + Bounties).

In the end, it was Tai Purpero who came away with the ultimate win to take down the lion's share of the prize pool along with the 100 GRAND STACK Series trophy!

Final Table Results

Hand-for-Hand

After the elimination of MSPT Hall of Famer Josh Reichard, 11 players now remaining meaning the hand-for-hand process has started.

Late Night Counts & Bust Outs

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Michael Hindi	1,450,000	1,145,000
Kenny Hirose	1,100,000	580,000
Jonathan Larkin	910,000	1,200,000
Anthony Bland	890,000	840,000
Kelly Mahana	775,000	730,000
Jeremy Mintz	585,000	910,000
Armando Mesina	580,000	365,000
Brad Sailor	500,000	320,000
David Leese	340,000	485,000
Raad Nasouri	295,000	170,000
Evan Lindemann	235,000	320,000
Jerric Jiang	0	270,000
George Kalfayan	0	277,000
Josh Reichard	0	307,000

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Mammen Pays Off Larkin and Falls Shortly After

Joshua Mammen and Jonathan Larkin were in a heads-up battle with a board showing.

Mammen checked his option from the hijack, only to call a 160,000 bet Larkin made directly to his left from the cutoff.

Once the paired the board on the river, Mammen checked his option one last time only to be faced with a 325,000 all-in bet from Larkin.

After a quick shrug of the shoulders, Mammen tossed out a call, and both hands were tabled.

Larkin soon revealed for a made hand of ladies and they were good as Mammen tossed into the muck.

Mammen was then left short and was eliminated a few hands later.

Jonathan Larkin - 1,200,000
Joshua Mammen - 0

Hindi Makes Correct Call to Double Through Jiang

There was heads-up action between Jerric Jiang from middle position and Michael Hindi from the big blind with a board showing.

Hindi led out with a 150,000 bet and Jiang called to see the complete the board on the river.

A knock on the table from Hindi took action to Jiang who moved out a stack to T-25k chips in the middle to put Hindi’s remaining stack at risk.

“There’s only a couple of hands that beat me”, Hindi stated before ultimately risking his 190,000 stack.

Jiang rolled over and Hindi was happy to show to collect the massive pot.

Michael Hindi - 1,030,000
Jerric Jiang - 270,000

Up and Down Battle

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Jonathan Larkin	1,200,000	515,000
Michael Hindi	1,145,000	500,000
Jeremy Mintz	910,000	880,000
Anthony Bland	840,000	160,000
David Leese	485,000	620,000
Evan Lindemann	320,000	198,000
Josh Reichard	307,000	100,000
Jerric Jiang	270,000	345,000
Josh Mok	0	245,000
Justin Muse	0	170,000
Joshua Mammen	0	600,000
Richard Spirra	0	75,000
Derrick Yamada	0	295,000